Stripper reel



Sept. 30, 1947.

R'. B. WORDEN STRIPPER REEL Original Filed March 2, 194A Patented Sept. 30, 1947 STRIPPER REEL R B. Worden, Granger, Wash.

Continuation of application Serial No. 524,716, March 2, 1944. This application July 15, 1946,

Serial N0. 683,623

3 Claims. 1 This invention relates generally to the class of winding and reeling and pertains particularly to fishing accessories.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a line stripper of improved form, designed especially to be attached to the anglers belt though not necessarily conned to such position of use, which permits the angler to wind up and strip off the fishing line with great ease while at the same time lightening the fishing pole, so that the pole may be heid for longer periods without tiring the angler, than is possible when using a pole supporting a reel carrying many yards of line, which is often wet.

Another object is to provide a line reel designed to be supported by some means other than the fishing rod, having a xed conical drum with means revolving around the drum for winding the line thereon, such means being so constructed that the winding may be evenly accomplished by changing the position or angle of the fishing rod.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of the following description taken in association with the drawing forming a part of this application, with the understanding that minor changes and modifications may be made so long as such changes and modifications do not depart from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view in vertical section through a line stripper constructed in accordance with the present invention Figure 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; and

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the Y 3-3 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularlytowthe draw@ ing the numeral Ill designates the body-ofthe device, which may be formed byv molding or in any other suitable manner, of a Asuitable material such, for example, as light metal, plastic or the like.

The body I0 is of circular form and at one end it is shaped to fit against the body as indicated at II. The body is designed to be held against the body of the fisherman by means of a waist strap, not shown, which may be passed through slots I2 or through the slots I2', the latter slots I being formed near the center of the body as illustrated for use with a long strap. A shorter strap would be passed through the slots I2. If desired, short straps might be permanently secured to the body IIJ at opposite sides to be fastened around the body of the user of the devices.

At the opposite end the body is divided or partitioned by the concave wall I3, which merges at its periphery with the adjacent end edge of the body, thus forming the shallow chamber I4, which opens through the end of the body.

'Ihe wall is enlarged at one side of the body as at I5, while at the center of the body there is located the central post I6 which extends, on the axial center of the body beyond the plane of the rim of the open chamber I4, as shown. This post may be molded or formed integral with the wall and at its inner end there is formed the bearing shoulder I1, for the purpose hereinafter stated.

Between the post I6 and the enlarged part I6 of the body, there is formed the recess I8, into which opens one end of a shaft bore I9, which extends radially to the outside of the body.

The wall of the bore I9 is screw threaded as at 20, and has threaded into the outer end the sleeve 2|, which carries upon its outer end the wheel or'crank means 22.

Through the sleeve 2l passes the shaft 23, which extends from beyond the outer end of the sleeve inwardly into the recess, where it has mounted thereon the beveled friction wheel or clutch wheel 24. A pin 25, passing through the shaft, lies in a slot 26, formed in the back of the wheel to hold the wheel against turning, while the nut 21, threaded on the inner end of the shaft, holds the wheel against shifting lengthwise thereon.

At the inner end of theshaft bore--i9, a. bearing 28 encircles the shaft and inwardly of this bearing the shaft has xed thereto the collar 29.

At the inner end of the sleeve 2| is a washer 30, and between this washer and the collar 29 is the coil spring 3|, which is compressed against the collar 29, by threading the sleeve inwardly as willbe readily apparent. 3

The numeral 32 generally designates the drum or reel upon which the line is wound. This comprises a circular bottom plate 33 and the integral cone 34 which isin the form 'of a concentric annular flange v)f .fhihe.is,dsetjjiir from the edge of the plate and is.inclinedoutwardly as shown. Therev is'thusformedbetwen the cone and the plate an annular V shapedphannel in which the line is received. This*A outwardly sloping cone wall causes the woundIl infsbft,v strip off. one coil at a time when a castis'rmadle. A

The center of the pl "t '33 has the' aperture 35, to receive the threaded outer end of the post I6, and between the bottom 'of the plate and the shoulder I'I, there is mounted on the post, for rotation therearound, the beveled friction wheel veye 46, into which the f prolonged fishing tiresome.

3 or clutch wheel 36 which has its beveled periphery in frictlonal contact with thev beveled periphery of the wheel 24.

The wheel 36 has the hub 31, extending from the back and between the end edge of the hub and the plate of the line drum is an anti-friction bearing 38, while a corresponding bearing 39 is interposed between the front side of the wheel 36 and the shoulder I1.

Threaded on the outer end of the post I6 is a securing nut 40, between which and the outer side oi' the drum plate 33 is a lock washer 4|. This nut secures the drum rmly against turning, on the post I6.

Encircling the hub 31 of the wheel 36 is an annulus 42, which is secured to the back ot the wheel 36 to turn therewith and integral with and extending radially from this annulus is the stripping arm which is moved around the post, in the chamber I4, beneath the drum 32, by the wheel 36, when the latter is rotated.

Hingedly attached, as at 44, to the outer end of the arm 43, is the upwardly curving stripper finger 45, which has its outer end between the periphery of the plate 33, and that of the bowllike chamber in which the arm moves.

The outer end of the finger carries a line guide fishing line, not shown, is inserted to be wound about the drum flange 34.

A spring 41, mounted on the pintle of the hinge 44, and having its ends engaging the arm and finger, constantly urges the finger to swing down away from the drum.

Any suitable means may be employed for rotating the shaft 23, such as the crank 48, and when the shaft is turned, rotary motion will be imparted to the wheels 24 and 36, causing the stripper arm to swing around in the chamber I4, beneath the stationary drum.

The line will thus be carried or wound around the drum flange.

By mounting the line stripper upon his person. an angler frees his rod of a weight which makes In addition, casting may be accomplished with greater ease and freedom and longer casts may be made with light lures, or with the use of lighter weights than is possible when the rod is weighted with a reel containingmany yards of line, which may be wet.

Casting may be accomplished, also, without danger of snarling the line and winding may be done smoothly with even winding of the line on the drum, since the position` of the pivoted iinger can be continuously varied by raising and lowering the fishing pole tip so as `to cause the line to pull tup or down upon the free end of the stripper finger.

The term stripper to denne the arm is employed to describe the action which the arm performs. In withdrawing the line from the drum, the pull is applied to the arm which causes the arm to turn around the drum and thus strip the line from the drum instead of pulling the line directly from the drum across the periphery thereof as is done in the use of those types of reels where the reel itself is rotated and the line wound thereon by such' rotating action or paid out or fed therefrom by the rotation of the reel.

'Ihis application is a continuation of application, Serial No. 524,716, filed March 2, 1944, now

abandoned.

I claim: 1. A line guide reel comprising a body having a circular chamber in and opening through one side, a post secured to the body concentric with and in the chamber, an arm connected at one end to the post to turn therearound within the chamber, the arm extending radially in the chamber and having its free end adjacent the periphery thereof, a line drum comprising a circular plate having said post secured to the center thereof, the plate lying substantially within the open side of the chamber and spaced at its periphery from the chamber periphery, and a flange on the side of the plate opposite from the chamber and inwardly spaced from and concentric with the plate periphery to have a line wound thereon, a line guide upon the outer end of the arm and extending across the plate periphery between the latter and the periphery of the chamber, means for turning the arm around the post, the said connecting means between the arm and post comprising a friction wheel mounted on the post for rotation therearound and to which the arm is xed, and the means for turning the arm comprising a shaft, a crank for turning the shaft and a friction wheel mounted on the shaft and having frictional driving connection with the first wheel.

2. A line guide reel comprising a body having a circular chamber in and opening through one side, a post secured to the body concentric with and in the chamber, an arm connected at one end to the -post to turn therearound within the chamtber, the arm extending radially in the chamber, and having its free end adjacent the periphery thereof, a line drum comprising a circular plate having said post secured to the center thereof, the

`plate lying substantially within the open side of the chamber and spaced at its periphery from the chamber periphery, and a flange on the side of the plate opposite from the chamber and inwardly spaced from and concentric with the plate periphery to have a line wound thereon, a line guide upon a friction wheel mounted on the post for rotation therearound and to which the arm is fixed, and the means for turning the arm comprising a shaft, a crank for turning the shaft and a friction wheel mounted on the shaft and having frictional driving connection with the first Wheel, and means for varying the degree of frictional coupling between the wheels.

3. A line guide reel comprising a body having a circular chamber in and opening through one side, a post secured to the body concentric with and in the chamber, an arm connected at one end to the post to turn therearound Within the chamber, the arm extending radially in the chamber and having its free end adjacent the periphery thereof, a line drum comprising a circular plate having said post secured to the center thereof, the plate lying substantially within the open side of the chamber and spaced at its periphery from the chamber periphery, and a. flange on the side of the plate opposite from the chamber and inwardly spaced from and concentric with the plate periphery to have a line wound thereon, a line guide upon the outer end of the arm and extending across the plate lperiphery between the latter and the periphery of the chamber, means for turning the arm around the post, the said connecting means between the arm and post compost comprising prising a friction wheel mounted on the post for.

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a friction wheel mounted on the shaft and having frictional driving connection with the first wheel, means for varying the degree of frictional coupling between the wheels comprising a mounting for the shaft permitting axial movement of the shaft to move the wheel 'carried thereby toward and away from the first wheel, a collar carried by the shaft, a sleeve encircling the shaft and spaced from the collar, the sleeve being threadably coupled with the body for movement relative to the collar, and an expansion spring compressed letween the collar and the adjacent end of the eeve.

R B. WORDEN.

REFERENCES CITED Number FOREIGN- PATENTS Country Great Britain i Great Britain Prince j- Date June 27, 1938 July 12, 1938 Apr. 27, 1939 

